nemines
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If I remember rightly, the Red Sea one is about $500, but it doesn't come with a CO2 cylinder - you'd have to get one of those through a gas cylinder company.
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foreground is lilaeopsis brasiliensis, thick stuff is indian fern (I love it!)
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this is the full tank shot.... the male hangs out inside the driftwood in the corner.
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not the best shot...they are devilish to shoot in a planted tank lol :lol: :lol:
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Looked at the tank this evening and noticed a little guy on the front glass. When I post some pix, you'll see why I didn't realise they'd bred sooner cos of all the driftwood. I hadn't seen my male for a while so I was suspicious...but seeing little guys still is exciting!! e
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I do remember seeing it at animates as a marginal pond plant as well. came in a basket. can't recall the name though. (useless! i know )
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I've had this before. But it died for no apparent reason (tho at the time I didn't have t5 lighting, CO2 or flourite so that may not have helped ).... its leaves were very elliptical compared to the barteri variety. and a lighter green in colour. It did grow a few new leaves after its initial ones fell off and rotted, but they were very small. hope it goes well for you!
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I just drop them in raw, they last longer and don't pollute the water as much.
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Cool. Yeah, I got five royals the other day. found out their favourite foods - pumpkin and carrot!
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or if you wanna go cheapo and your tank is shallow enough a simple straw used as a dip tube will do!
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I know they like lettuce, courgette, cucumber but what other things do they like that people know about? carrot? pumpkin? broccoli stalk? thanks in advance
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haha PM'D about PMDD :lol:
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For what you've got, maybe leafzone for iron and potassium, then a trace mixture like Flora24 or Seachem trace or PMDD. then a carbon source like CO2 or Flourish excel.
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You could go for rotala macranda...that's kinda pinky goldy red, and if your light isn't quite bright enough it just stays a kinda goldy green. though apart from lots of light, red plants also need a lot of iron and really thrive with CO2. Or if you want heaps of colour maybe go for the artificial, neon blue silk milfoil on TM :lol: :roll: Or you could get some crypts, go for the nice rich earthy colours , and they're low light as well.
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wooops just remembered you posted a separate topic on this... You could maybe try adding daily trace elements. Red Sea Flora24 or Seachem's trace would probably work - the Seachem one is the least expensive of the two per 100mL and says to use it only twice a week, while the other is daily and only requires i think 1 drop per 50L.
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You could maybe try adding daily trace elements. Red Sea Flora24 or Seachem's trace would probably work - the Seachem one is the least expensive of the two per 100mL and says to use it only twice a week, while the other is daily and only requires i think 1 drop per 50L.
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I got enough for a good 3cm layer in my 160L, it wasn't too expensive at HFF....I would have got more but then that would defs need the undergravel heating for it to be really worthwhile.
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The substrate stuff, porous clay that you use instead of gravel. If you use it then the only liquid ferts you need are daily trace elements and CO2. Maybe I should post some pix....just got to wait for the dust to settle. It's a little cloudy atm.
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Now that's some impressive java fern growth!!!
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I just got some and wondering what others' thoughts are about it? How has it gone long-term, etc. Thanks in advance!!
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a few years ago i had some 'bumble bee cats' that hff sold me. they only got to about 6cm and were awesome!!! they'd wizz about the tank and could eat a whole algae disc in one go, despite being so small. they never touched my tetras or any other small fish. and they didn't look like the one in the link phoenix put up .... im pretty sure this is what they were: http://www.aqua-fish.net/show.php?h=bumblebeecatfish
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I was only thinking of doing it in a bucket with say oxy weed or indian fern...would never risk fish. But judging by some people's comments, even that would be stupid...so i'll experiment with worm castings instead. :roll:
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probably...but where's the fun in that? :lol:
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well, they have 20mg calcium, 33.4mg magnesium oxide, 9.8mg ferrous fumarate, 2.5 mg chromium chelate, 25 mg selenium chelate, 10mg manganese chelate 47mg potassium chelate and iron oxide.... So, I thought I'd give it a go... i did say experiment Plants and humans don't need totally different things, we eat plants because they contain stuff they've absorbed, they need, which we also need. I will let you know what happens :lol:
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Anyone tried using human supplement tablets for plant food? If nobody has I might experiment....*evil grin*